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The Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals-Torii Kiyonaga 1752–1815

The national flower of Japan the chrysanthemum is regarded as a symbol of the sun, perfection, long life & is celebrated during the annual chrysanthemum festivals

Madame Geneva Lying in State.
In 1690's gin rivalled beer as the popular drink. By 1730's consumption was equivalent to 2pints a week for each Londoner. Politicians argued that gin drinking encouraged laziness & criminal behaviour. Unpopular increases in retail taxes led to riots

Rabbit holes.
Reading about Phipps Voyage to the Polar Regions & I’m tunnelling. I didn’t know that Nelson was a 14 year old midshipman on this voyage or that he stalked a polar bear, musket misfiring, saved by a rift in the ice - both escaping unharmed.
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@AndyWoodturner @pvalentine592 @ZombyWoof4 @KimSussex3 @odlinz @RoadTaxWhypay @TheMenFromUGLY @miffythegamer @mattstanhope71 @Vexed_Fluxation @StarDoG23 @Claretbear @Mr_ian_B @EmmaEmmaroid @PhilHaresGhost Difficult, usually my listening varies with mood and individual tracks but will go with these. 4 of my perfect albums, care to join in @die_Lesende @thelightoutside @lizziespeller @backoftheocean ?

Clear morning,
empty sky,
a rust-worn boat
abandoned, hungry
waves licking the hull,
a cluster of pulses
spraying the sand.

Ocean from a Window- Richard Diebenkorn (1959)

The tide turns,
draws back,
beyond the filtered
light paint blisters
and lines blow,
sunlight falling
onto the speckled
grass, rinsing soft
sand from the
flush of velvet surf.

World book day, so many choices.
Love this selection of children's books from 2019 from Brainpickings. https://t.co/8ZxdJDkq9b
... like The Fate of Fausto, a cautionary tale on the banality of belligerence by Oliver Jeffer's, inspired by Vonnegut’s homage to Joe Heller.

A time of thought but very few words at the moment.

Toni Onley - Puukoae Point, Maui, 1991

Lewis Carrol was born otd 1832
Jabberwocky.
One of the few poems learned as a child that I remember in its entirety.
This from HMS Donovan. I loved that album cover.
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Although it’s a fair representation I think.